All Whites, Ferns, and other international teams

What if AW's get well beaten?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
What if AW's get well beaten?
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Just a thought. Given what i've now read about mounting injuries and players who aren't match fit, how much would the positive gains made by the AW's over the last year or so be affected if we get well beaten in both games?

Obviously having big crowds will help the players on the pitch, but neither game will close to the atmosphere at the Cake Tin last November. Would it be a massive step backwards if we lose badly?
 
As I said, just a thought....
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Always a risk in any game, but its  better than the alternative of not playing at all.

A dog with a bone :)

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
nightz wrote:
Always a risk in any game, but its  better than the alternative of not playing at all.
 
Absolutely. I just hope that a couple of heavy defeats doesn't mean the fans (the fickle ones who have only just climbed aboard the bandwagon) stop coming to future matches.
 
Or maybe I'm just being paranoid? It's pretty amazing whats happened with football here lately, and I'd hate for things to go back to how they were again.  
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
We won't get beaten if we replicate our mighty 11 men behin the ball fortress in S Africa!
 
Aren't these international friendlies where not much or little is at stake? Honduras and Paraguay won't send their 1st teams here. Think positive because if weather is blazing hot and nice, there will be humungous walk up crowds.
 
If crowds are below 15k, just tell ourselves that tehse are mere thank you matches and also farewell matches blended into two. Half empty stadium is still much better an empty stdium.
 
 
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
we will just boo them off. Maybe throw some stuff

Founder

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Don't worry, even if we lose, we'll get all the fans back when the All Blacks choke next year.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I'm sure everyone will do their utmost, especially Ryan Nelsen to stop us getting thrashed.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
conorphelan wrote:
Don't worry, even if we lose, we'll get all the fans back when the All Blacks choke next year.

I don't get why people want their own country to lose. Soccer would not have got anywhere near the coverage it id during the world cup if rugby fans had not got on board.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
William wrote:
conorphelan wrote:
Don't worry, even if we lose, we'll get all the fans back when the All Blacks choke next year.

I don't get why people want their own country to lose. Soccer would not have got anywhere near the coverage it id during the world cup if rugby fans had not got on board.
 
Football world cup is bigger than the entire rugby world, we are not competing........
theprof2010-10-01 12:46:08

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
then we riot.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Is this some kind of anti jinx thread?
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Let's get back into throwing bottles... That always goes down well.
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